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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Part of what you wrote is correct, Lynn.  But, think about this; you 'don't' 
live in the city.  Do you really feel like you are 'in cintrol'?.  If your 
answer is yes, remind me again of why you are afraid to sell a silly gallon 
of milk.  

What being in the city, and then visiting rural areas does accomplish is to 
give a person perspective on some ideas like 'power of numbers', 'dependence 
upon municipal utilities' ; 'dependence on food distribution'; things like 
that.  In the city, I could see total chaos, within a few weeks, for the 
people 'left' in the city.  Those of us who are able, though, will have left 
the city, and headed toward the rural areas; some of us to family and friends 
with only good intent; others; the direction and intent will be different.

City people think Country people are dumb, uneducated, easily manipulated 
hicks.  Ruralites think that people living in the city are weak , soft, 
p*ssies.  Both views are naiive.  You know how cheap life could be in certain 
parts of Philly, the same is true of 'certain' parts of this city.  Cities 
compress numbers.  We are simply the children or grandchildren of rural 
people.  Am I so different from my deer hunting, wood-cutting; brothers at 
home.  No, of course.  Are you really that much different , as a person, than 
when you lived in Philidelphia?  probably not.........

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--- On Mon, 12/8/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

>

> 
> I think it comes from being in the city; it gives one a feeling of not 
> being in control of their lives. Surrounded by people you don't know or 
> trust...I felt that way, too, when I lived in the city.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth 
> 
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